Cengiz Bali, MD

Cengiz Bali, MD is a Clinical Laboratory specialist at Acibadem Kozyatagi Hospital in İstanbul. He graduated from İstanbul University Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Medicine in 1983 and completed his specialty training in Medical Biochemistry at İstanbul Göztepe Training and Research Hospital in 1992. He later pursued postgraduate studies in health management, completing a master’s degree in 2017 and a doctorate in 2020 in the Department of Health Management at Okan University Health Sciences Institute. He has more than 43 years in medicine.

Dr. Bali began his specialist career at Okmeydanı Training Hospital, where he worked as a specialist doctor from 1992 to 1998 and served as Deputy Chief Physician from 1995 to 1996. He then worked as a specialist doctor at Esenler Ömür Hospital from 1998 to 1999. From 1999 to 2020 he was a specialist doctor and workplace physician at İstanbul Cerrahi Hospital, where he also held management roles as Deputy Chief Physician from 2000 to 2012 and Chief Physician from 2012 to 2020. Between 2020 and 2022 he worked as a specialist doctor at Private Synlab İstanbul Medical Biochemistry Laboratory, and in 2022 he joined Acıbadem Healthcare Services. He is a member of the Turkish Medical Association.

Clinical focus

Dr. Bali’s work is centered on clinical laboratory services and medical biochemistry. This includes the laboratory testing that supports the evaluation of patients by clinicians in other departments, such as biochemical analyses of blood and other samples. Laboratory specialists in this field are involved in the technical and medical oversight of testing processes and in the interpretation of results within the clinical context provided by the treating physician. Laboratory findings are one part of a patient’s overall assessment and are considered together with the history, examination and other investigations.

His areas of expertise also include healthcare management, reflecting both his postgraduate training in health management and his long experience in chief physician and deputy chief physician roles. This background relates to the organization and operation of hospital and laboratory services rather than to the direct treatment of specific conditions.

How Dr. Bali works with international patients

Dr. Bali speaks Turkish and English, and interpreters can be arranged for patients who speak other languages. Before a visit, the Acibadem international patient team coordinates the collection of prior reports and imaging, including laboratory and pathology results, MRI, CT, X-ray or ultrasound reports, operative notes and discharge summaries, and arranges appointments and the hospital visit. A first consultation typically covers the patient’s history and symptoms, a review of existing results and previous treatments, a clinical examination where relevant and a discussion of the options. Video consultation is available for international patients, which may be used to review existing laboratory findings or to discuss questions before or after a hospital visit.